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Things we love about...Nicaragua
Charming colonial cities with cobblestone streets, Pacific breakers producing perfect surf year-round, tiny Caribbean islands you can make your own for a day, and the smoothest rum that ever came out of an oak barrel. Nicaragua…
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By the '90s salsa romantica was in full bloom with artists like Luis Enrique, Tito Rojas, Victor Manuelle and Jerry Rivera making things easier for boys on the dancefloor everywhere! Cool boy bands like DLG shook up the…
Mexican Bohemia in London - an interview wth Chloe Aridjis
As she prepares to speak at this weekend's Flipside Festival in Suffolk, Mexican author Chloe Aridjis talks to Elizabeth Mistry about stuffed animals and why she has made London her home.
Sembrando Cultura: This is How We do It!
Maria Luna, a Dominican American residing in London, speaks to four Latinas in the United States, Scotland and England to find out what it means to be a Latina and how a Latina maintains or compromises her culture when she starts…
Finding Freedom
After a decade as one of the most sought-after salsa musicians in Europe, Rene Alvarez is embarking on a long-life dream of fusing his Afro-Cuban heritage with his love of North American funk. His new band, Alvarez Funk, departs…
Things You Should Know About...Pioneering Latina Actors
Long before Latina was cool in Hollywood, before the likes of Ana de Armas, Jessica Alba and the new Latina blockbuster stars were even in nappies, Latin America was churning out some of the world's best actors. The world…
Latin American Activists: More in Danger than Ever
While Venezuela dominates the headlines in terms of Latin America's human rights news, Tom Gatehouse reminds us of the grave situation of many activists all over Latin America, including in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and…
Field of Dissonance - Interview with Chilean Artist Alex Vargas
Chilean-born Alex Vargas, a multidisciplinary and multifaceted artist resing in London. A the age of nine, Alex joined a troupe of clowns performing on television in his native Santiago of Chile, and then went on to study Fine…
Danza Acosta @ sadlers Wells
The world-renowned ballet superstar, Carlos Acosta, whose dancing career began with break dancing on the streets of Havana, brought his contemporary dance troupe to London for their latest performance "Evolution" at the…
Sara Baras @ Sadlers Wells
Challenging the traditionalists, Sara Baras synchronises music, lighting and design with dance to astonish and inspire.
La Casa de Bernarda Alba - A Talented Cast and Crew Dedicated to Preserving the Magic of Lorca
Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba - a masterpiece work exploring themes of repression, desire, control and suffering - is brought to life in the original Spanish on the London stage at the Cervantes Theatre. Jorge de Juan directs…
Feijão Tropeiro
The wonderful Daniela Paiva challenged her non-Brazilian colleague Oceana Masterman-Smith, not very familiar with brazilian cooking, to make Feijão Tropeiro, a traditional dish from Minas Gerais, made with beans, bacon, sausage…
LATIN LONDONER #1 Angela Alonso - Flamenco Dancer
Angela Alonso from Almeria in Andalucia, arrived in London 13 years ago, and set up the UK's most popular Flamenco Dance School.
LATIN LONDONER #21.....Omar Puente - Jazz Musician
Jazz violinist and 2017 LUKAS winner, Omar Puente, has performed to audiences worldwide. First violinist at the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra before leaving Cuba in 1997, he toured with Buena Vista’s Ruben Gonzales all over…
Coconut Flour and Cashew Nut Biscuits
These Brazilian biscuits are sooo more-ish and divinely simple to make. I love cashews, they are positively the best thing to leave Brazil since Adriana Lima (my mum comes from Rio Grande do Norte, it has the biggest cashew nut…
'Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle' Dir. Gustavo Salmerón
Corina Poore talks to Gustavo Salmerón, who made a unique film about a family who lived a fairy tale. It happened to be his own.
Caballerango (Dir Juan Pablo González)
‘CABALLERANGO’, by Mexican film maker Juan Pablo González, is a feature-length documentary examining the effects of a suicide on a family and the people of a village afflicted by more than one such death, some by consuming…
Interview with Spanish Director Daniel Monzon
Four years after having won the Goya prize for Best Director with his thriller Celda 211, Daniel Monzón returns with a new film, El Niño. Specialising in adrenaline-laden thrillers based on real-life events, Monzon is at the…
Things we love about...Nuñez, Buenos Aires
In the second of our series on Latin American neighbourhoods which get overlooked by the tour guides, LatinoLife invites you to hang out in….Nuñez, Buenos Aires. While tourist guides highlight San Telmo, Recoleta, La Boca and…
Colombia: What does Peace Mean in Comuna 13?
Gwen Burnyeat visits Comuna 13, the Medellín community blighted by guerrilla, militia and state violence during Colombia's civil war and finds that graffiti and urban escalators have achieved a sense of pride and…
HEARTSONGS
Lila Downs is back – with not one but Dos Corazones – a new song which she will be debuting live in London this this month. She tells Elizabeth Mistry how her first UK visit in eight years will be an opportunity to talk about…
CAMUFLAJE (Camouflage) 2022 by Jonathan Perel
A jogger decides to run around the largest Military garrison camp in Argentina. On his travels he meets an array of people whose lives have been affected in various different ways by living close to Campo de Mayo, that had become…
Maluma @ Wembley Arena
London's Latinas got their fix of Latin America's hottest pop property at Wembley on September 24th
Surrogate Latina #5: Sara Mc Guinness, Pianist and Bandleader
In 2018, Sara Mc Guinness was the first non-Latinx to win the LUKAS Musician of the Year. So respected and revered is Sara amongst Latin musicians in the UK that, will very little self-promotion, she garnered the most votes in…
In Praise of Chavela Vargas 1919-2012
A tribute to one of Latin America's most iconic female role models.
Street Elegance
L-Gante is one of the most exciting, original and successful urban artists to emerge from Latin America in recent years. Emerging from the working-class suburbs of Buenos Aires, the boy from el barrio came out of nowhere and…
Things That Matter… Jards Macalé
Having worked with some of the biggest names in Brazilian music, including Joao Donato, Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso and more, Jards Macalé has garnered status as one of the most influential samba and tropicalia artists. Macalé’s…
Carlos' Tres Leches
It's one of Latin America’s most-loved deserts – a sponge cake made with condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk. I was recently working at my restaurant when I looked up to find the comedian Romish Ranganathan…
El Chacal comes to England with a point to prove
Even among boxers, Guillermo Rigondeaux's story is pretty incredible. Once Cuba's pride and joy, the twice Olympic gold medalist and twice world champion was exiled in his own country for two years after caught trying…
Things That Matter To...Mandinga
Hailing from Bucharest, Mandinga have come a long way since representing Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2012. Integrating the sassy Spanish lead singer Bárbara Isasi, this energetic, funky Tropical-Urban fusion…
Paladar, SE1
Paladar offers an up-market experience without being pretentious or losing its Latin soul and strikes the right balance between quality, authenticity and atmosphere.
Does Economic Reality Jeopodise Latin America's Second Pink Tide?
In an impressive switch, Latin America's right-wing presidents have lost almost all the presidential elections. The region has, once again, been painted in pink and red, even more than during Chavez and Correa´s times.…
LOVIN’ LATIN LONDON - The Musicians
London’s Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese communities are well into their second and third generations. Some came here decades ago, as political refugees or economic migrants, and those born and bred here form part of the…
CABRINI (2024) directed by Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde
‘One small gesture of love can change everything’. How do you do credit to a biopic of a saint? This true story of the turbulent journey of Francesca Cabrini to achieve her goal of orphanages and hospitals in late 19th Century…
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art showcases the works of 50 international artists - 10 of whom coming from Latin America - who use textiles to embody messages of oppression and resistance, power and…
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